Prayer vigil for missing EPA analyst

Published February 16, 2012 5:00am ET



The family of an Environmental Protection Agency analyst who vanished in 2009 will hold a prayer vigil Monday marking the three-year anniversary of her disappearence.

No one has seen or heard from Pamela Butler since Feb. 12, 2009. Family members said they believe she is dead. But no one has been charged in the case.

The family became worried after Butler, 47,  missed a Valentine’s Day dinner with her boyfriend and mother.

When Butler’s family members got to the home, they found files on the floor, sheets removed from the bed and an open window in the normally spotless house of the 47-year-old Environmental Protection Agency systems analyst.

The family plans to return to her home at 5821 Fourth St. NW, for a prayer vigil at 5 p.m. Monday.

Pamela Butler was last seen at her home with her boyfriend. Her home’s video surveillance system showed the couple entering the house on the evening of Feb. 12, 2009, and the boyfriend leaving about an hour later, according to Butler’s family. The surveillance tapes, which have been turned over to police, show he’s the only person who enters or leaves the house, the family members said.

Family members said they found a note from the boyfriend on her daughter’s computer table. The note asks, “Pam, where are you? I’ve been here looking for you,” she said.

Pamela Butler is described as black, 5 feet 3 inches tall and 120 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call the Metropolitan Police Department at (202) 727-9099.